20 Celebrities Who Became Fathers in Their 60s — and Older!

Posted by Brent Furdyk on November 28, 2017

Let's hear it for these celebrity "grandpa dads" who became fathers at an age that most of us are contemplating retirement — with some fathering children in their 70s and in one case even older than that. From a host of famous rockers to Oscar-winning actors to some downright iconic cultural figures, check out these 20 dads for whom, to paraphrase Neil Young, rust didn't sleep.

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Tony Randall

Best known for playing persnickety Felix Unger on TV's The Odd Couple, Tony Randall married Heather Hanlan, 25, when he was 75. The couple had their first child when Randall was 77, and a second when he was 78. Randall passed away in 2004 at age 84. ir first child when Randall was 77, and a second when he was 78. Randall passed away in 2004 at age 84.

Anthony Quinn

The Oscar-winning star of such films as Zorba the Greek and The Guns of Navarone because a source of tabloid headlines in 1993 when he fathered a child with his secretary at age 78 — despite being married to someone else at the time. He and his mistress had another child in 1996, when Quinn was 81, after which he divorced his wife and married his secretary.

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Hugh Hefner

The Playboy founder, who died in September 2017 at age 91, fathered four children — the youngest of which was born when Hef was 65, during his marriage to former Playmate Kimberly Conrad.

Luciano Pavarotti

Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti had two children during his first marriage, which ended when he embarked on a relationship with 23-year-old Nicoletta Mantovani when he was 58. She gave birth to twins in 2003 (only one twin, daughter Alice, survived) when Pavarotti was 68. He passed away in 2007 of pancreatic cancer.

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Ronnie Wood

The Rolling Stones' guitarist was already the father of four adult children when he and third wife Sally Humphreys welcomed twins in 2015, when Wood was 68 years old.

Mick Jagger

While Ronnie Wood may seem prolific when it comes to offspring, he can't hold a handle to his bandmate Mick Jagger, who has fathered eight children with several different women. Jagger's youngest child, Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger, was welcomed by Sir Mick and 29-year-old girlfriend Melanie Hamrick in December 2016, when the rocker was 73 years old.

Gary Busey

The Oscar-winning star of The Buddy Holly Story and reality show staple (The Celebrity Apprentice, Celebrity Rehab) became a late-in-life dad when he and his second wife welcomed a son in 2010, when Busey was 66.

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty had a reputation as Hollywood's most notorious lothario when he finally settled down and wed actress Annette Bening in 1992, when he was 55. The couple has four children, the youngest of which was born in 2000 — when Beatty was 63.

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Rupert Murdoch

The Australian media magnate whose holdings include the Fox TV network and 20th Century Fox studios has six children — one with his first wife, three with his second wife and two more with third wife Wendi Deng (whom he later divorced). Youngest daughter Chloe was born in 2003, when Murdoch was the ripe old age of 72. Now 86, Murdoch married Jerry Hall (ex-wife of Mick Jagger) in 2016.